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Parallel, or New York compression as it’s sometimes called, is a mixing technique that blends a dry and compressed signal, and is particularly popular for beats, bass, vocals and even the master bus.

Taking the risqué route to New York-style parallel compression, Baby Audio’s I Heart NY is a new compressor plugin that’s controlled with a Spank knob. It works by creating a copy of the incoming ...